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It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other.

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I desire that death find me ready and writing, or if it please Christ, praying and intears.
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Death Desire Finding Myself Ready
For death betimes is comfort, not dismay, and who can rightly die needs no delay.
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Comfort Death Need Right
Love is the crowning grace of humanity, the holiest right of the soul, the golden link which binds us to duty and truth, the redeeming principle that chiefly reconciles the heart to life, and is prophetic of eternal good.
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Crown Forever Goodness Grace Heart Humanity Life Love Principle Right Soul Truth
I saw the tracks of angels in the earth: the beauty of heaven walking by itself on the world.
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Angel Beautiful Earth Walk World
A good death does honour to a whole life.
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Death Goodness Life
To be able to say how much love, is love but little.
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Calculation Love
Death is a sleep that ends our dreaming. Oh, that we may be allowed to wake before death wakes us.
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Death Dreams End Sleep Wake Up
How quick the old woe follows a little bliss!
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Bliss Follow Old Quick
I know and love the good, yet, ah! the worst pursue.
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Goodness Known Love Pursue Worst
Man has no greater enemy than himself. I have acted contrary to my sentiments and inclination; throughout our whole lives we do what we never intended, and what we proposed to do, we leave undone.
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Enemy Greatness Man Propose
When the poet died his cat was put to death and mummified.
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Animal Cat Death Poet
Reality is always the foe of famous names.
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Enemy Famous Name One Liner Reality
Do you suppose there is any living man so unreasonable that if he found himself stricken with a dangerous ailment he would not anxiously desire to regain the blessing of health?
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Blessing Dangerous Health Live Man Reason Yourself
I have taken pride in others, never in myself.
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Myself Pride
The end of doubt is the beginning of repose.
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Beginning Doubt End One Liner
It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other.
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Born Fortune Honor Oneself Respect

It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other.

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